Questions tagged [storage]
includes any question relating to managing storage or storage space
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Can I delete previous Anki backups on my iPhone and keep just the latest?
I use Anki on my laptop, iPad and iPhone.
My iPhone is running out of storage and I need to delete some stuff. I’ve noticed that I have multiple anki backups that take up a bunch of space. If I were ...
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Corrupted file on external hard drive
I have installed a file onto my external hard drive, since then my external hard drive has dramatically slow down and files takes too long to load or open (the external drive is not useable anymore). ...
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How to default file saving to phone (not cloud)?
I recently downloaded a lot of files to the "Files" folder app on my iPhone that came with it (not an app installed). Unfortunately, this caused all the files to be put on the "cloud&...
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Where are the phantom/ghost files in iOS Photos?
I'm experiencing the infamous "phantom/ghost" photos issue on my iPhone (XS Max; iOS 16). In short, I have deleted all photos on my phone, including from the Recently Deleted album, but my ...
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Encrpyted APFS + replace motherboard means data lost?
I had to replace the motherboard on a MacBook Pro 2015 A1502. It was running on encrypted APFS. When I try to mount the partition in Recovery Mode, it doesn't accept the password. I'm thinking it ...
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Help! - macOS Ventura Updated - Google Drive Local cache location missing
I've received this message on Google Drive - The folder location is controlled by macOS - and Local cache files have now been moved with an update.
I use Local cache files to backup synced on an ...
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MacBook Pro (M1) reports more disk space used than available on system
Hope the title is clear enough. When I go to System settings > General > Storage, the amount of used space showed is larger than the real actual disk capacity. Was wondering why this is so? I ...
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Migrate to a new iCloud plan from current Family Sharing plan [duplicate]
I am currently on a Family Sharing plan (2TB) but need to move to my own plan. On my Mac, when I click on "Add Storage", it prompts me saying that, when I change my storage plan, I will stop ...
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Macbook Air (2020) sudden increase in storage
Today I closed my Macbook then opened it again 4 hours later and the available storage went from 15.1 gb to 21.6gb. (I know that's very low for MacOS). I checked with Disk Inventory X and Grand ...
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System Information shows my Documents folder using a lot more GB that actual data size represented
Here is the screenshot of the System Information application showing my Documents folder. Documents folder summary is 32.8GB. However data inside is hardly 1GB. There are no other hidden folders.
What ...
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Why does my Applications take up 79GB of storage but I don't see what is actually using all the storage [duplicate]
I tried to clear up some storage but I see 79gb of storage used by my applications but i can't see what is taking it up
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Where to save files that won't be Desktop or Documents?
I was told by Apple Support to hold my computer's cloud drive on pause while I organize my files. They saw how I had many files on Desktop and Documents. I have now somewhat organized them into ...
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Why is the storage of Applications showing incorrectly in mac? [duplicate]
I've had problems regarding my storage on the HDD recently. The applications total shows up as 56GB but all the distribution that I can find is this (in the image). Where else is that remaining 40+ GB ...
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macOS crashing when changing iCloud settings
I run a MacBook Air 2013, Catalina 10.15, 121 GB. I needed more space, so I ignorantly thought I could store everything on iCloud and nothing on the computer. (I have now realized that this is not ...
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System storage space keeps increasing on macOS Ventura
I am running a macOS 13 Ventura on a 3-month-old MacBook Air M2. It was all fine until I upgraded to Ventura. But once I did, I started noticing an increase in the amount of storage space the system ...
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System data storage is huge
The system data on my mac is taking more than 110GB of space. Is this normal?
The ~/Library/Containers folder is 64G. Can I delete this folder?
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I installed OmnidiskSwiper, Its tells me that the ...
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iCloud Manage Storage Pane Functionality, Device Local Data and Backups?
I'm viewing the iPhone pane featured in the screenshot below. The pane is located under "Settings"->"Apple ID"->"iCloud"->"Manage Storage" and titled &...
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Is it possible to replace Macbook Air 2017's SSD?
Mine is a 2017 i5 Macbook Air. I think 128 GB is severely limited for software development purpose these days.
512 is preferrable, because I have more space for Xcode, some VirtualBox VMs, etc.
Is it ...
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Empty iPhone 7 is now full after "Quick Start". How to free up space?
Last night, I copied an iPhone 5S to iPhone 7 using "Qick Start". The 5S was almost full, and said:
12.5 GB of 16 GB used
iPhone 7 was empty before the transfer and this made the transfer ...
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Where are the thumbnails and the photos themselves from the Google Photos iOS app saved on iPhone?
Photos taken with the iPhone camera are saved in DCIM I believe and the thumbnails are stored \var\mobile\Media\PhotoData, as ithmb files I also believe.
Where would the Google Photos app on iOS keep ...
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TechTool Pro surface scan No bad blocks, SMART failed
I have a HDD which stores pdfs. So far I haven't had problems accessing the files.
I ran a complete surface scan using TechTool Pro which said no bad blocks.
Right before I ran the surface scan the ...
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Get iCloud storage plan and quota via Terminal?
I am aware that the command:
brctl quota
Will (as long as it's run from a logged-in session) display the number of bytes remaining in the user's iCloud storage.
I am looking for a way to ...
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Attempt to resize (expand) a virtual disk in macOS Mojave not working - VM is hosted in VMware vSphere (similar to Fusion)
I'm attempting to expand a vDisk in macOS Mojave, but it's not working. The VM is hosted in VMware vSphere (similar to macOS Fusion on an Intel Mac).
I'm following this VMware KB article
https://kb....
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Mounting and unmounting drive exclusively for script usage?
Is there a way to mount a drive "privately" so that only a certain script/process can use the drive?
For a backup script I'm writing in python, I would like the script to be able to mount ...
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iOS 16 Isolated Subject Location
Where are the isolated objects saved on iOS 16?
Is it the clipboard or some other location?
Does it retain the original image's metadata?
Is the copy-entire-image function now not accessible through a ...
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Can I delete the Docker folder in Library/Containers that takes up 64gb? [duplicate]
My Docker folder in Library/Containers takes up 64gb of space. Is it safe to delete this folder and reinstall Docker?
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How do I have 629 GB of voice memos on a 128 GB iPhone?
I'm trying to clear out my iPhone storage. Settings says there's 629 GB of Documents & Data from Voice Memos. I deleted the app, hoping it would get a reality check. That didn't work. Files ...
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I’m at a loss, Mac OS 11 drive full [duplicate]
I tried everything and every other tool but I cannot find why my Mac drive is filling up. Mac OS 11 250GB SSD on a 2015 Mac mini. I just cleared. Any ideas?
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How to automatically delete old photos
My daughter's phone is always full.
Deleting photos is 'hard because I want them all'
How can I set up the phone (or can I buy an app) that deletes the oldest photo on the phone when one is taken?
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Photos library still taking up space after deleting photos
tldr: My photos library is 90Gb. I deleted a large chunk of that (deleted it too from Recently Deleted) but the file size is still at 90 GB. I checked the insides through "Show Package Contents&...
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Is my Mac 256 GB or 512 GB according to diskutil and “About this Mac” images posted below?
I bought a Mac recently and I am very new to Mac. The seller says its 512 GB but from the screenshots below I don't know if its 512 GB or 256 GB please kindly let me know.
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Fully delete Virtual Machine application & associated files
I have a Virtual Machine app installed on my Mac called UTM. However, I want to fully uninstall/delete it because it's taking up a massive amount of storage. However, I am concerned that if I drag the ...
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How can I change the amount of iCloud storage for one family member?
I've two kids under 13 set up in my Family Sharing with access to my 2TB iCloud storage.
For some reason, my son has an amount set of 5GB, which is way too low for what he needs on his iPad. His ...
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Syncing iCloud Drive to my Mac immediately creates 100 GB of system storage - OS Monterey
I love iCloud and have been using it since forever. I understand that iCloud Drive is not a perfect cloud feature and is mostly about syncing files across devices. As an owner of an iPad, 2 Macbooks, ...
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Outlook App on MacOS taking too much space
At my workplace we all have Macbook Pro laptops (different models and versions of MacOS)
Went to update one and found it had 110 of its 128gb taken up by System, some digging found that most of this ...
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Mac OS Monterey System Data is using about 44 GB [duplicate]
Why the System Data is taking this much space ? About more than 1 month ago I moved a 20 GB file to bin and then I emptied the trash bin. So does Mac OS keeps trash bin's data after it was emptied ? ...
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Storage manager still shows the steam game Dota2 is install and taking up 40gb even though it is removed (I think)
Storage manager is showing that Dota2 is taking up 40gb.
I have already deleted it, and it does not show up in Steam or in my applications.
How do I prevent the storage manager (found in About This ...
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Can I have my Mac automatically connect to a network store on login? [duplicate]
I would like my MacBook Pro to automatically connect to a particular network volume whenever possible.
Are there ways to automate this?
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Need to clear space to update MacOS can I delete files from /private/var/tnp?
I need to clear up space for my Mac to get a software update but I need so much space. I have the macOS Monterey installer which already takes up 12 gb and I'm seeing to see if I can clear up space ...
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Why is Spotify taking up so much space but saying it isn’t on iOS?
In my storage settings I can see Spotify is taking up around 30gigs of space.
Click for full size
But… I‘ve already dumped the cache and removed any downloads.
Is Spotify lying or is iOS? Anyone ...
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What is the best way to transfer photos from an iOS device to a Mac?
I have an iPhone 12 Pro with several thousands of photos and videos inside of it that I would like to offload onto an external hard drive. I need to reduce the amount of data on the phone before I can ...
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NextCloud sync'd photos do not show up in Photos app
I've got a "new" iPhone 11 and I'm new to iOS. My previous smartphone was an Android phone and I used to sync my photos with NextCloud for Android. So I've now installed NextCloud for iOS ...
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Sync Google Drive with Mac external hard drive
How can I sync my Google Drive to my external hard drive without using the Google Drive app? It's incredibly buggy and keeps crashing.
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Why does my "Apps" storage not align with what is in Finder? [duplicate]
Out of the blue, My Applications folder on the storage management has been showing an extreme number of used Gb for which I cannot locate using finder. I was, at first, under the impression that it ...
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I just inherited an older, used Macbook Air and I'm cleaning it up for use. Why does HD only show 30 GB when it should be 121 GB? (See photo within.)
As the title mentions, I received an older (Early 2014 MacBook Air OS X Yosemite) from my daughter when she bought a new MacBook. I'm not very knowledgeable on Macs but I know some basics.
The 'About ...
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How much free space is needed to extract Xcode 13.3 .xip?
With 37 GB free I'm still unable to extract the xip for Xcode 13.3. How much free space does it require to succeed?
The xip itself is 11 GB so that's obviously no indication.
The closest I could get ...
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iCloud Drive set to "Optimise Mac storage" but Mac is running out of hard disk space
My setup is:
Macbook Air 13 inch 2017 - 121gb flash storage
Running Catalina 10.15.7
2 TB iCloud account
Mac is Set to Optimised Mac Storage
I'm running out of hard disk space and only have 6gb ...
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Can I delete the .PkInstallSandboxManager Xcode packages?
Lately, I have noted a lot of storage bloat on my system, to the point where it's becoming problematic for performance (in the sense that I'm running out of disk space for updates, new programs etc.). ...
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Can I delete the .Spotlight-V100 file
I don't need spotlight. I read this:
Can't locate /.Spotlight-V100 anywhere, spotlight has incomplete results even after index rebuild
Here's a picture of my spotlight thing, which was only ...
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Deleting previous iCloud iphone backups and only keeping the last one?
I reached the 5gb limit of my storage, and when I go into my iCloud settings in my iphone, I see the following:
Would I lose any data if I delete the previous backup of 3.62gb and create a new backup ...
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